Sleigh-knee



(No Model.)

- 0. L. DODGE.

SLEIGH KNEE.

No. 887,950. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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OWEN L. DODGE, OF CORINTH, MICHIGAN.

SLEIGH-KNEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,950, dated August 14, 1888.

Application filed April 11, 1888. Serial No. 270.285. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it 712,011 concern:

Be it known that I, OWEN L. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corinth, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SleighKnees; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to sleigh-knees; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts, as hereinafter fully described and claimed, whereby the sleigh-beam is attached to the runners.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the complete device, showing its attachment to the beam and to one of the runners. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the knee from below. Fig. 3 is a plan view from above. Fig. 4 is an end view showing the cap. Fig. 5 is a side view ofa modification of the bracket which is attached to the runner, and Fig. 6 is an end view of the same.

A is the bracket, which is secured to the beam by the bolts a and a.

B is a bearing upon the under side of bracket A, and which extends the full length of it. This bearing is semicircular except at one end, where it forms a full circular bearing in the retaining-lug b.

0 represents flanges u pen the edge of bracket A for retaining the beam in position. These flanges extend across the end of the bracket above the lug b, and down each side of it as far as the cap.

D is the cap, which is secured in position by the bolts a. This cap is provided with the lug (l, which is similar to the retaining-lug b at the other end of the bracket,and which forms a full circular bearing in conjunction with the said semicircular bearing B. Flanges d are formed upon the ends of the cap, which extend upward and form a continuation of the flanges 0 upon the sides of bracket A, so that the cap is held in position with respect to both bracket and beam.

E is the bracket,which is secured to the runners and which is provided for this purpose with the side flanges, e.

F is a trunnion formed integral with the bracket, and which rocks in the bearing B,be

ing retained in position by the lugs b and d on the bracket A and on the cap, respectively. A stop, f, is formed upon the bracket E, which stop limits the rocking movement of the trunnion and also prevents it from slipping endwise in the bearing.

It will be seen that the parts can be detached at once by merely removing the cap, which then allows the other end of the trunnion to he slid out of the bearing in the lug on the bracket.

1n the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 a stem, G, is interposed between the flanges whichfasten onto the runner and the trunnion, so that the device is applicable to sleighs in which the runners are at considerable distance below the beam. Otherwise this modification of the bracket is the same as the bracket before described.

What I claim is- 1. In a sleigh-knee, the combination, with a bracket for attachment to the runner, provided with a trunnion formed integral with the bracket and extending clear across its upper end, of a bracket for attachment to the beam, provided with the flanges O on its upper edge, the semicircular bearing 13 for the trunnion, and the retaining-lug b at one end, and the cap provided with the retaining-lug d, and the flanges d, which form a continuation of the said flanges on the bracket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a sleigh-knee, the combination, with a bracket provided with flanges e for attachment to the runner, the trunnion at its upper end formed integral with said bracket and extending clear across it, and the stopf for limiting the rocking and end movements of the said trunnion, of a bracket for attachment to the beam, provided with the flanges G on its upper edge, the semicircular bearing B for the trunnion, and the retaininglug b at one end, and the cap provided with the retaininglug d, and the flanges d, which form a continuation of the said flanges on the bracket, sub stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a sleigh-knee, the combination, with a bracket for attachment to the runner, provided with a trunnion formed integral with the other projecting end of the trunnion, sub- IO and extending across the upper end of the stantially as and for the purpose set forth. bracket with its ends projecting on each side In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in of said bracket, of a second bracket for atpresence of two witnesses.

tachment to the beam, provided with a long semicircular bearing for the said trunnion,and v OWVEN DODGE a lag at one end for retaining one of the pro- WVitnesses: jecting ends of the trunnion, and a. loose cap GEORGE PIOKETT, bolted to the said beam-bracket for retaining A. J. CROOKER. 

